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Daily Bible Reading
November 7 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Jeremiah 9-10
Chapter 9
Grief over Zion
1 (F1)(C1)Oh, that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For those slain of the (C2)daughter of my people!
2 (F1)(C1)Oh that I had in the desert
A travelers' lodging place;
So that I might leave my people
And go away from them!
For all of them are (C2)adulterers,
An assembly of (C3)treacherous people.
3 "They (C1)bend their tongues like their bows;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they (C2)proceed from evil to evil,
And they (C3)do not know Me," declares the LORD.
4 "Let everyone (C1)be on guard against his neighbor,
And (C2)do not trust any brother;
Because every (C3)brother utterly (F1)betrays,
And every neighbor (C4)goes about as a slanderer.
5 "Everyone (C1)deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They (C2)weary themselves committing wrongdoing.
6 "Your (C1)dwelling is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they (C2)refuse to know Me," declares the LORD.
7 Therefore this is what the LORD of armies says: "Behold, I will refine them and (C1)put them to the test;
For (C2)what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?
8 "Their (C1)tongue is a deadly arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one (C2)speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he (C3)sets an ambush for him.
9 "(C1)Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD.
"Shall I not avenge Myself
On a nation such as this?
10 "I will take up a weeping and wailing for the (C1)mountains,
And for the pastures of the (C2)wilderness a song of mourning,
Because they are (C3)laid waste so that no one passes through,
And the sound of the livestock is not heard;
Both the (C4)birds of the sky and the animals have fled; they are gone.
11 "I will make Jerusalem a (C1)heap of ruins,
A haunt of (C2)jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a (C3)desolation without inhabitant."
12 Who is the (C1)wise person who may understand this? And who is he to whom (C2)the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? (C3)Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the desert, so that no one passes through?13 The LORD said, "Because they have (C1)abandoned My Law which I put before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,14 but have (C1)followed the stubbornness of their heart and the (C2)Baals, (F1)as their (C3)fathers taught them,"15 therefore this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Behold, (C1)I will feed this people wormwood; and I will give them (C2)poisoned water to drink.16 "I will also (C1)scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the (C2)sword after them until I have put an end to them."
17 This is what the LORD of armies says: "Consider and call for the (C1)mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the (F1)(C2)skillful women, that they may come!
18 "Have them hurry and take up a wailing for us,
So that our (C1)eyes may shed tears,
And our eyelids flow with water.
19 "For a voice of (C1)wailing is heard from Zion:
'(C2)How devastated we are!
We are put to great shame,
For we have (C3)abandoned the land
Because they have torn down our homes.'"
20 Now hear the word of the LORD, you (C1)women,
And let your ears receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And have every woman teach her neighbor a song of mourning.
21 For (C1)death has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces
To eliminate the (C2)children from the streets,
The young men from the public squares.
22 Speak, "This is what the LORD says:
'The corpses of people will fall (C1)like dung on the open field,
And like the sheaf after the reaper,
But no one will gather them.'"
23 This is what the LORD says: "(C1)Let no wise man boast of his wisdom, nor let the (C2)mighty man boast of his might, nor a (C3)rich man boast of his riches;24 but let the one who boasts (C1)boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who (C2)exercises (F1)mercy, justice, and righteousness on the earth; for I (C3)delight in these things," declares the LORD.
25 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet (C1)uncircumcised—26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and (C1)all those inhabiting the desert who trim the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (C2)uncircumcised of heart."
Chapter 10
A Satire on Idolatry
1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Israel.2 This is what the LORD says: "(C1)Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens,
Although the nations are terrified by them;
3 For the customs of the peoples are (C1)futile;
For (C2)it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4 "They (C1)decorate the idol with silver and gold;
They (C2)fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not totter.
5 "They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
And they (C1)cannot speak;
They must be (C2)carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they (C3)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good."
6 (C1)There is none like You, LORD;
You are (C2)great, and Your name is great in might.
7 (C1)Who would not fear You, O (C2)King of the nations?
For it is Your due!
For among all the (C3)wise men of the nations
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
8 But they are altogether (C1)stupid and foolish;
The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!
9 Beaten (C1)silver is brought from (C2)Tarshish,
And (C3)gold from Uphaz,
The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;
Their clothing is of violet and purple;
They are all the (C4)work of skilled people.
10 But the LORD is the (C1)true God;
He is the (C2)living God and the (C3)everlasting King.
The (C4)earth quakes at His wrath,
And the nations cannot (C5)endure His indignation.
11 (F1)This is what you shall say to them: "The (C1)gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will (C2)perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
12 It is (C1)He who made the earth by His power,
Who (C2)established the world by His wisdom;
And by His understanding He has (C3)stretched out the heavens.
13 When He utters His (C1)voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens,
And He makes the (C2)clouds ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the (C3)wind from His storehouses.
14 Every person is (C1)stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
For his cast metal images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
15 They are (C1)worthless, a work of mockery;
At the (C2)time of their punishment they will perish.
16 The (C1)Portion of Jacob is not like these;
For He is the (F1)(C2)Maker of everything,
And (C3)Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The (C4)LORD of armies is His name.
17 (C1)Pick up your bundle from the ground,
You who live under siege!
18 For this is what the LORD says:
"Behold, I am (C1)slinging out the inhabitants of the land
At this time,
And I will cause them distress,
So that they may (F1)be found."
19 (C1)Woe to me, because of my (F1)injury!
My (C2)wound is incurable.
But I said, "This certainly is a sickness,
And I (C3)must endure it."
20 My (C1)tent is destroyed,
And all my ropes are broken.
My (C2)sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is (C3)no one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become stupid
And (C1)have not sought the LORD.
Therefore they have not prospered,
And (C2)all their flock is scattered.
22 The sound of a (C1)report! Behold, it is coming—
A great roar (C2)from the land of the north—
To (C3)make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
23 I know, LORD, that (C1)a person's way is not in himself,
(C2)Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps.
24 (C1)Correct me, LORD, but with justice;
Not with Your anger, or You will (F1)bring me to nothing.
25 (C1)Pour out Your wrath on the nations that (C2)do not know You,
And on the families who (C3)do not call upon Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have (C4)devoured him and consumed him,
And have laid waste his (F1)settlement.
Psalms 123
Chapter 123
Prayer for the LORD'S Help.
1 To You I have (C1)raised my eyes,
You who (C2)are enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of (C1)servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress,
So our (C2)eyes look to the LORD our God,
Until He is gracious to us.
3 (C1)Be gracious to us, LORD, be gracious to us,
For we have had much more than enough of (C2)contempt.
4 Our soul has had much more than enough
Of the (C1)scoffing of (C2)those who are at ease,
And of the (C3)contempt of the proud.
2 Timothy 3
Chapter 3
Difficult Times Will Come
1 But realize this, that (C1)in the last days difficult times will come.2 For people will be (C1)lovers of self, (C2)lovers of money, (C3)boastful, (C3)arrogant, (C4)slanderers, (C3)disobedient to parents, (C5)ungrateful, (C6)unholy,3 (C1)unloving, irreconcilable, (C2)malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, (F1)(C3)haters of good,4 (C1)treacherous, (C2)reckless, (C3)conceited, (C4)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,5 holding to a form of (F1)(C1)godliness although they have (C2)denied its power; (C3)avoid such people as these.6 For among them are those who (F1)(C1)slip into households and captivate (F2)(C2)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by (C3)various impulses,7 always learning and never able to (C1)come to the (F1)knowledge of the truth.8 Just as (C1)Jannes and Jambres (C2)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (C3)men of depraved mind, (F1)worthless in regard to the faith.9 But they will not make further progress; for their (C1)foolishness will be obvious to all, just (C2)as was that also of (F1)Jannes and Jambres.
10 Now you (C1)followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, (C2)love, (F1)perseverance,11 (C1)persecutions, and (C2)sufferings, such as happened to me at (C3)Antioch, at (C4)Iconium, and at (C5)Lystra; what (C6)persecutions I endured, and out of them all (C7)the Lord rescued me!12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus (C1)will be persecuted.13 But evil people and impostors (C1)will proceed from bad to worse, (C2)deceiving and being deceived.14 You, however, (C1)continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,15 and that (C1)from childhood you have known (C2)the sacred writings which are able to (C3)give you the wisdom that leads to (C4)salvation through faith which is in (C5)Christ Jesus.16 (C1)All Scripture is (F1)inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for (F2)rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;17 so that (C1)the man or woman of God may be (F1)fully capable, (C2)equipped for every good work.
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